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5 Francs CFA Essai

Issuer Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale et du Cameroun
Year 1961
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Value 5 Francs CFA (5 FCFA)
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Obverse description Three giant elands (Taurotragus derbianus) depicted in left-facing profile, their long spiral horns prominently rendered in high relief, filling the central field. The two-line legend ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE / BANQUE CENTRALE arcs across the upper field, with the engravers' signatures G.B. and L.BAZOR incused at the right. The date 1961 appears in the lower exergue flanked by stylised vegetation, with the word CAMEROUN inscribed along the lower rim.
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Obverse lettering ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE BANQUE CENTRALE G.B. L.BAZOR 1961 CAMEROUN
(Translation: Equatorial African States Central Bank Cameroon)
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Mintage 1961 - - 2,000
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